ADAM HOTH, who is living in practical retirement at Wilmette, is one of the
thrifty German-Americans who constitute a considerable part of the population of Cook
County, and have added materially to its prosperity.He was born on the banks of the beautiful river Rhine, in the town of Mainz,
in Hesse-Darmstadt, January 1, 1832.He is
the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Mueller) Hoth, the former a blacksmith by trade.Samuel Hoth came to America in 1870, and he died
in Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois, in 1889, at the age of eighty-six years.His wife died in Germany, in 1866.Her father, John Mueller, who was a miller by
occupation as well as by name, lived to the age of one hundred and two years.

Adam Hoth was educated in the public schools of his native land.At the age of thirteen he began to assist his
father, and learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed until 1882. He came to
America in 1854, and spent one year at his trade in Stephentown, near Lebanon Springs, New
York.He became a resident of Cook County in
the fall of 1856, and after spending the winter in Chicago, settled in Niles Township,
opening a shop, in which he labored until 1866.At
that date he removed to Niles Center, where he again operated a shop.This he sold out in 1877, and went to Gross Point,
where he worked until 1882, when he retired from active labor.

For the last thirty years he has dealt more or less in real estate.He first purchased nine acres at Niles Center,
which he disposed of to good advantage after two years possession.He subsequently bought thirty-five acres in the
same locality, which yielded him a good profit, as soon as the value of such holdings
began to be realized by his neighbors.Foreseeing
in a measure the ultimate demand for property near the lake shore, he next purchased
forty-eight acres in New Trier Township, near Wilmette Village, which sold in 1890 for
$20,000.He now owns seven acres in the
village of Wilmette, where the demand for, and value of, real estate is constantly
increasing.In 1892 he built a fine home at
the corner of Lake Avenue and Twelfth Street in Wilmette, where he now resides.

Mr. Hoth was married, in 1859, to Elizabeth Bismann, of Niles Center.She was born in Saxony, and came to America at the
age of eight years.They have nine children
living, namely: Henry, a blacksmith at Gross Point; John, a mason, who lives at Wilmette;
William, a blacksmith at Gross Point; Jacob A., a carpenter; Samuel; Elizabeth; Mary;
Tillie and Emma, the two last-named being twins.All
are living at Wilmette except William and Henry.Mr.
and Mrs. Hoth are also blessed with eight grandchildren.

They are members of the Lutheran Church at Evanston, toward the building of
whose church edifice they contributed.He is
a life-long Republican, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for President in
1860.While living at Niles Center he served
as a County Constable for eight years.In
1892 he visited the Old Country, an excursion which resulted in shattering many of his
idols, and reconciled him to living in America.In
the contemplation of his business career, the reader will find an illustration of what may
be accomplished by a humble investment, directed by good judgment, and accompanied by
honest industry and prudence.